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11. surgical strike
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 02:34 PM
Sep 2017

Last edited Sat Sep 9, 2017, 04:30 PM - Edit history (1)

again nice reply. I can't argue against it but i suppose i only hope that texas was a little bit different and for that reason, the connotation of the statue doesn't carry as much weigh as a statue at a Mississippi courthouse. since i'm hopeful, i will only refer to the statement's author as a member of the elite at that time - yet unnamed but i could probably find later. i also hope my own memory is accurate with respect to the extent of slavery in texas seeming to be less than other states. i may have been wearing rose-colored glasses as a texas i may be wrong.

in the meantime there is another thread on the first page where someone mentions censorship as being ineffective, and the best solution being to lift the rock to expose the worms. i suppose that's how i feel about the dallas statue as a non-black POC.

thanks again for all the details replies.

edit: i'm going to check out the book that i used for my "causes of the civil war" report - it was by clement eaton and he seemed like a pretty cool guy. you have provided so much information that i will take a lead to see that my memory is incorrect and i will stand corrected. it is a sad state of affairs.

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